Updated on July 26, 2016
After bring to you the first official word from IIM-A and IIM-C, MBAUniverse.com presents official news from IIM Indore.
Responding to an MBAUnivese.com query, IIM Indore Director Dr SP Parashar tells us about the shortlists drawn and the details of GD/PI rounds.
Q: How many total seats are there at IIM-I for Post Graduate Programme in Management for batch to be admitted in 2008?
A: In total, there are 240 seats at IIM Indore for the session starting 2008.
Q: What are the total number of students shorlisted by IIM-I for GD/PI rounds?
A: We have shortlisted a total of 1730 candidates.
Q: What criteria do IIM-I used to shortlist the candidates in CAT 2007?
A: In tune with the stated admissions policy of the institute, IIM Indore adopted the following process for short listing of candidates belonging to various categories for GD/PI.
Initial Screening:
An initial screening criterion was used to generate the consideration set of candidates. This criterion was used to determine the initial pool of eligible candidates. This was done to ensure that the consideration set consists of candidates who have demonstrated and equal minimum level of competence in all the three sections of the test.
The minimum sectional and overall percentile cut-offs in CAT-2007 for General Candidates used to arrive at the consideration set were:
Section I: Quantitative 80 %
Section II: Logic and Data Interpretation 80 %
Section III: Verbal 80 %
Overall 85 %
Final Shortlisting:
Candidates satisfying the above-mentioned criteria were ranked in decreasing order of a weighted overall score that was based on a combination of their performance in CAT-2007 and their prior work experience. Performance in CAT was given a weightage of 90% and work experience was given a weightage of 10% to calculate the overall score. Required numbers of candidates were called for GD/PI from top of this list, prepared separately for each category.
All candidates in general category have an overall percentile of of at least 98.09.
Q: What are the dates for GD/PI rounds for the shorlisted candidates in IIM-I?
A: IIM Indore will be conducting their GD/PI from February 12 – March 18, 2008.
Q: When will the final admission list be declared?
A: We will announce the final results on April 11, 2008.
